Editing Alamodome (section)

===College and high school football===

====Alamo Bowl====
The Alamodome is the site of the annual [[Alamo Bowl]], which matches the second-choice teams from the [[Pac-12 Conference]] and the [[Big 12 Conference]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.valeroalamobowl.com/main/about_bowl_history.php |title=Valero Alamo Bowl - Bowl History |access-date=2012-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128175908/http://www.valeroalamobowl.com/main/about_bowl_history.php |archive-date=2012-11-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[2006 Alamo Bowl]] between the [[2006 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas Longhorns]] and the [[2006 Iowa Hawkeyes football team|Iowa Hawkeyes]] was attended by 65,875, which set a facility-record crowd for a sporting event,<ref name=2006_alamobowl>[http://www.alamobowl.com/media/pressrelease.php?uid=144 2006 Alamo Bowl attendance ranks as the #1 all-time sports attendance in Alamodome history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928161316/http://www.alamobowl.com/media/pressrelease.php?uid=144 |date=2007-09-28 }}, The San Antonio Bowl Association, December 30, 2006.</ref><ref name="Texas survives">{{cite news |title=Texas Survives the Alamo|url=http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/longhorns/12/31/31texfoot.html|newspaper=[[Austin American-Statesman]]|date=December 30, 2006|access-date=December 30, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070121211249/http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/longhorns/12/31/31texfoot.html|archive-date=January 21, 2007}}</ref><ref name="Alamo Crowd record">{{cite news|title=Alamo Bowl Crowd Sets Alamodome Record |url=http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/longhorns/entries/2006/12/30/alamo_bowl_crowd_sets_alamodome_record.html |newspaper=[[Austin American-Statesman]] |date=December 30, 2006 |access-date=December 30, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929121309/http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/longhorns/entries/2006/12/30/alamo_bowl_crowd_sets_alamodome_record.html |archive-date=September 29, 2007 }}</ref> only to have that record broken by an Alamo Bowl event the next year between [[Texas A&M University|Texas A&M]] and [[Penn State]], which drew 66,166 attendees.<ref name=AB2007>http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/big12/stories/MYSA123007.01C.AlamoBowlLead.en.2ff528d.html {{dead link|date=November 2021}}</ref>

====Corps Classic====
September 16, 2006, marked the first game in a college football "home and home" series, known as the [[AT&T Corps Classic]], between the [[Texas Aggie Athletics|Texas A&M Aggies]] and the [[Army Black Knights football|Army Black Knights]]. Army has elected to play its "home" game at the Alamodome in order to increase the program's exposure around the nation, as it competes as an independent. A sell-out crowd of 64,583 watched the Aggies defeat the Black Knights 28–24.<ref name=2006guide/> The second game was played at [[Kyle Field]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]] in 2008.

====East–West Shrine Game====
The 2006 [[East–West Shrine Game]] was played in the Alamodome on January 21, 2006. The game is an annual post-season college football all-star game. For most of its history, the game has been played in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]], at San Francisco's [[Kezar Stadium]] and at [[Stanford Stadium]]. In recent years it has been played at [[AT&T Park]]. In 2006, the game was played in the Alamodome, moving out of the San Francisco Bay Area for the first time in decades. The Shrine Game was moved once again for its 2007 event, to [[Robertson Stadium]] in [[Houston]].

====Texas Football Classic====
From 1999 to 2011, the Alamodome was home to the [[Texas Football Classic]], which featured prominent high school programs from across the state and kicked off the high school football season in Texas. Former participants include former [[Chicago Bears]] and [[Texas Longhorns football|University of Texas]] running back [[Cedric Benson]], [[Iowa Hawkeyes football|University of Iowa]] quarterback [[Drew Tate]], [[University of Houston]] quarterback [[Kevin Kolb]], and [[Missouri Tigers|University of Missouri]] quarterback [[Chase Daniel]].

====All-American Bowl====
Since 2002, the Alamodome has hosted the [[All-American Bowl (high school football)|All-American Bowl]]—a national [[all-star game]] for U.S. high school football. Played in early-January, the game features teams representing the eastern and western United States. The 2017 edition hosted a record 40,568 spectators.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/high_school/high_school_football/article/Army-ending-sponsorship-of-All-American-Bowl-10870107.php|title=Army ending sponsorship of All-American Bowl|last=Zuvanich|first=Adam|date=2017-01-20|website=San Antonio Express-News|access-date=2019-01-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oanow.com/sports/high_school/_football/three-area-players-named-finalists-for-aswa-awards/article_a7b6138a-0bdb-11e9-9c79-ff3bb60a1ac2.html|title=Three area players named finalists for ASWA awards|first=Scott|last=Fields|work=Opelika-Auburn News|date=29 December 2018 |language=en|access-date=2019-01-05}}</ref>

====Texas vs. the Nation====
In 2011, the [[Texas vs. The Nation]] game was moved to San Antonio and was renamed the NFLPA Game, after the new sponsor of the event. The concept of The NFLPA Game remained "Texas vs. the Nation" with seniors having ties to the state of Texas taking on top seniors from across the Nation. That was a one-year deal;  the game became the [[NFLPA Collegiate Bowl]] in 2012.

====UTSA Roadrunners====
The [[UTSA Roadrunners football]] program began using the stadium in 2011. The Roadrunners set records for largest attendance at an initial game for a start-up NCAA college football program at 56,743, and largest average attendance for a start-up program's first season at 35,521. Its standard capacity of 64,000 for football made the Alamodome the largest stadium in [[Conference USA]] during UTSA's tenure in that conference, and it is also the largest dedicated college stadium in the Roadrunners' current home of the [[American Athletic Conference]] (two NFL stadiums used by other American Conference teams are slightly larger). However, for most games, UTSA only sells tickets for the lower bowl, with a capacity of 36,582.

=====Attendance Records=====
{| class="wikitable" 
!style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UTSA Roadrunners|color=white}}" |Rank
!style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UTSA Roadrunners|color=white}}" |Attendance
!style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UTSA Roadrunners|color=white}}" |Date
!style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UTSA Roadrunners|color=white}}" |Game Result
|- align="center"
| '''1''' || 56,743 || September 3, 2011 || '''UTSA 31''', Northeastern State 3
|- align="center"
| '''2''' || 49,342 || September 9, 2023|| '''UTSA 20''', Texas State 13
|- align="center"
| '''3''' || 42,071 || September 8, 2018 || UTSA 20, '''Baylor 37'''
|- align="center"
| '''4''' || 41,412 || [[2022 Conference USA Football Championship Game|December 2, 2022]] || '''{{small|23}} UTSA 48''', North Texas 27
|- align="center"
| '''5''' || 41,148 || [[2021 Conference USA Football Championship Game|December 3, 2021]] || '''UTSA 49''', Western Kentucky 41
|- align="center"
| '''6''' || 40,977 || September 7, 2013 || UTSA 36, '''{{small|13}} Oklahoma State 56'''
|- align="center"
| '''7''' || 39,032 || November 24, 2012 || '''UTSA 38''', Texas State 31
|- align="center"
| '''8''' || 37,526 || September 3, 2022 || UTSA 35, '''{{small|24}} Houston 37'''<sup>3OT</sup>
|- align="center"
| '''9''' || 35,167 || November 20, 2021 || '''{{small|22}} UTSA 34''', UAB 31
|- align="center"
| '''10''' || 33,517 || September 24, 2011 || '''UTSA 54''', Bacone 7
|- align="center"
| '''11''' || 33,472 || September 4, 2014 || UTSA 23, '''Arizona 26'''
|- align="center"
| '''12''' || 32,886 || October 8, 2011 || UTSA 27, '''South Alabama 30'''<sup>2OT</sup>
|- align="center"
| '''13''' || 32,487 || September 28, 2013 || UTSA 28, '''Houston 59'''
|- align="center"
| '''14''' || 32,369 || November 19, 2011 || '''UTSA 49''', Minot State 7
|- align="center"
| '''15''' || 31,956 || October 25, 2014 || UTSA 0, '''UTEP 34'''
|- align="center"
| '''16''' || 31,634 || September 10, 2011 || UTSA 21, '''McMurry 24'''
|- align="center"
| '''17''' || 30,862 || October 20, 2012 || UTSA 24, '''San Jose State 52'''
|- align="center"
| '''18''' || 30,718 || September 14, 2019 || UTSA 13, '''Army 31'''
|- align="center"
| '''19''' || 30,419 || October 4, 2014 || UTSA 9, '''New Mexico 21'''
|- align="center"
| '''20''' || 30,416 || September 8, 2012 || '''UTSA 27''', Texas A&M–Commerce 16
|}

====Conference USA Championship====
The Alamodome hosted the [[Conference USA Football Championship Game]] in 2021 and 2022 with UTSA defeating Western Kentucky 49-41 and North Texas 48–27.

====Big 12 Conference championship====
The Alamodome hosted the [[Big 12 Football Championship Game]] in [[1997 Big 12 Championship Game|1997]], [[1999 Big 12 Championship Game|1999]] and [[2007 Big 12 Championship Game|2007]].